1 00:00:02,569 --> 00:00:04,545 [music playing] 2 00:01:40,876 --> 00:01:43,435 [christmas music] 3 00:02:38,350 --> 00:02:39,816 JEB BASINGER (VOICEOVER): All day I couldn't 4 00:02:39,827 --> 00:02:41,651 push myself out on the street. 5 00:02:41,728 --> 00:02:45,405 I told myself, hey Basinger, it's just a job. 6 00:02:45,416 --> 00:02:48,325 You take these things too personally. 7 00:02:48,401 --> 00:02:51,703 But 15 years I've been doing this Christmas piece, 8 00:02:51,780 --> 00:02:53,839 each year with enthusiasm. 9 00:02:53,916 --> 00:02:56,091 Jeb Basinger, bearing witness to. 10 00:02:58,703 --> 00:03:01,463 I mean, it's out there every day. 11 00:03:01,539 --> 00:03:04,049 The human tragedy, the squalor. 12 00:03:04,125 --> 00:03:07,144 The tawdry existence of all those lonely souls 13 00:03:07,221 --> 00:03:09,221 we turn our backs on-- 14 00:03:09,297 --> 00:03:11,732 the drunks, the failures. 15 00:03:14,261 --> 00:03:18,063 The neglect is just more exquisite on Christmas-- 16 00:03:18,139 --> 00:03:23,035 a holiday for storekeepers and for those who've got. 17 00:03:29,859 --> 00:03:33,119 Anyway, it's 6:30 and the daylight's going, 18 00:03:33,196 --> 00:03:36,706 and I've got nothing. 19 00:03:36,783 --> 00:03:39,584 Christmas Eve, everybody goes home early. 20 00:03:39,661 --> 00:03:42,137 BILLY: Evening, Mr. Basinger. 21 00:03:42,214 --> 00:03:44,172 How's the column coming? 22 00:03:44,183 --> 00:03:46,258 Struggling, Billy. 23 00:03:46,334 --> 00:03:47,926 Did you eat? 24 00:03:48,003 --> 00:03:50,720 Do you think that's why I got this headache? 25 00:03:50,797 --> 00:03:52,806 Hey, Mr. Basinger, I don't move 26 00:03:52,882 --> 00:03:55,558 unless I get my three squares. 27 00:03:55,569 --> 00:03:59,771 Bet you ain't had nothing all day, right? 28 00:03:59,848 --> 00:04:02,816 Hey, do yourself a favor Mr. Basinger, 29 00:04:02,892 --> 00:04:06,319 give yourself a break. 30 00:04:06,396 --> 00:04:08,121 Oh, good old Billy. 31 00:04:12,169 --> 00:04:16,505 Hey, Mr. Basinger, don't forget your coat. 32 00:04:16,581 --> 00:04:19,624 It's real raw out there. 33 00:04:19,701 --> 00:04:23,220 Famous guy like you should treat himself better. 34 00:04:23,297 --> 00:04:25,588 Thank you, Billy. 35 00:04:25,665 --> 00:04:27,465 You don't eat, you don't last. 36 00:04:27,542 --> 00:04:31,937 And what would this paper be without Basinger's New York? 37 00:04:32,014 --> 00:04:34,472 Yeah, the voice of the people. 38 00:04:34,483 --> 00:04:36,233 Merry Christmas, Mr. Basinger. 39 00:04:46,728 --> 00:04:49,612 How's the, uh, column look, Mr. Basinger? 40 00:04:49,689 --> 00:04:51,957 I haven't finished it yet, Joey. 41 00:04:52,034 --> 00:04:53,400 Oh, yeah? 42 00:04:53,476 --> 00:04:56,494 Going out to do some quick shopping? 43 00:04:56,505 --> 00:04:59,873 Nobody to shop for. 44 00:04:59,949 --> 00:05:03,001 Sorry to hear about you and the missus, Mr. Basinger. 45 00:05:03,078 --> 00:05:06,305 Yeah, well, they carried me home once too often, Charles. 46 00:05:09,084 --> 00:05:12,677 Hey, Mr. Basinger, you better sneak out the back. 47 00:05:12,754 --> 00:05:15,847 Your crazies are waiting for you. 48 00:05:15,924 --> 00:05:17,432 What else is new? 49 00:05:17,509 --> 00:05:20,060 Hey, you give them publicity. 50 00:05:20,136 --> 00:05:22,395 Everybody else runs from them like a plague. 51 00:05:22,472 --> 00:05:23,989 You write them up. 52 00:05:24,066 --> 00:05:25,982 They're famous. 53 00:05:25,993 --> 00:05:28,285 I ought to take my picture off the column. 54 00:05:43,284 --> 00:05:45,802 [police sirens wailing] 55 00:05:56,965 --> 00:05:59,516 Good evening, Jed. 56 00:05:59,592 --> 00:06:00,725 Do we know each other? 57 00:06:00,802 --> 00:06:01,676 We do now. 58 00:06:01,753 --> 00:06:02,769 I'm Jonathan Smith. 59 00:06:02,846 --> 00:06:04,437 John Smith, unusual. 60 00:06:04,514 --> 00:06:06,314 I'm Mark Gordon. 61 00:06:06,391 --> 00:06:07,332 Mark, huh? 62 00:06:07,242 --> 00:06:08,149 Hello, Mark. 63 00:06:08,226 --> 00:06:09,234 He is unusual. 64 00:06:09,244 --> 00:06:10,627 How so? 65 00:06:10,703 --> 00:06:12,737 You see Jed, I am an angel. 66 00:06:12,814 --> 00:06:13,663 You too? 67 00:06:13,740 --> 00:06:15,323 [laughs] That's nice. 68 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:16,249 Taxi! 69 00:06:33,501 --> 00:06:35,718 Well, you impressed him. 70 00:06:35,795 --> 00:06:36,978 Oh, that's cute, real cute. 71 00:06:42,093 --> 00:06:43,660 JEB BASINGER (VOICEOVER): It seemed 72 00:06:43,736 --> 00:06:46,938 a small miracle,, Christmas Eve to get a cab like that. 73 00:06:47,015 --> 00:06:50,066 But, I didn't think much about it at the time. 74 00:06:50,143 --> 00:06:53,194 You get a cab in New York, you don't expect a thing. 75 00:06:53,271 --> 00:06:53,978 Listen, yes. 76 00:06:54,056 --> 00:06:56,448 Think, impossible. 77 00:06:56,458 --> 00:07:01,453 I told the cabby to take me to Ed's Coffee Shop on East 56th. 78 00:07:01,529 --> 00:07:05,707 It was the last thing I got to say for about 15 minutes. 79 00:07:05,783 --> 00:07:06,958 Anyway, you think he'd call. 80 00:07:07,035 --> 00:07:09,210 I mean, wouldn't you? 81 00:07:09,287 --> 00:07:10,128 Uh-huh. 82 00:07:10,205 --> 00:07:11,171 Who? 83 00:07:11,247 --> 00:07:12,630 The kid. 84 00:07:12,641 --> 00:07:14,232 Seven months. 85 00:07:16,252 --> 00:07:19,304 You know, they got these milk containers. 86 00:07:19,380 --> 00:07:20,638 Who has? 87 00:07:20,649 --> 00:07:22,073 In the stores. 88 00:07:21,817 --> 00:07:24,350 With these kids pictures on them. 89 00:07:24,427 --> 00:07:25,402 The missing kids. 90 00:07:25,479 --> 00:07:26,653 Oh, yeah. 91 00:07:26,730 --> 00:07:28,480 Well, I think that's a pretty good idea. 92 00:07:28,556 --> 00:07:29,647 Yeah. 93 00:07:29,724 --> 00:07:31,858 But they're all little kids. 94 00:07:31,935 --> 00:07:34,611 I mean, at least the ones I've seen. 95 00:07:34,687 --> 00:07:37,363 My kid's 15. 96 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:39,833 Your kid? 97 00:07:39,910 --> 00:07:42,669 15, you're still a kid. 98 00:07:42,746 --> 00:07:46,381 These days 15-year-olds are pretty grown up. 99 00:07:46,458 --> 00:07:49,417 That's what the cops said. 100 00:07:49,428 --> 00:07:51,428 God, what'd your kid do? 101 00:07:51,505 --> 00:07:52,445 Nothing. 102 00:07:52,522 --> 00:07:54,631 Never done nothing. 103 00:07:54,707 --> 00:07:56,299 Cops don't give a damn. 104 00:07:56,376 --> 00:07:57,517 They're all business. 105 00:07:57,594 --> 00:07:59,844 Take his name, your number. 106 00:07:59,921 --> 00:08:02,055 They'll call you if something turns up. 107 00:08:02,131 --> 00:08:04,599 Yeah, well I mean, there are so many of those missing kids 108 00:08:04,676 --> 00:08:05,517 today. 109 00:08:05,593 --> 00:08:08,061 It's the times. 110 00:08:08,137 --> 00:08:09,896 Wife never leaves the house. 111 00:08:09,973 --> 00:08:11,523 Months now. 112 00:08:11,599 --> 00:08:14,943 In case they should call. 113 00:08:15,019 --> 00:08:16,945 You should see her. 114 00:08:17,021 --> 00:08:19,197 It's getting old. 115 00:08:19,208 --> 00:08:21,958 Seven months, like 10 years. 116 00:08:24,904 --> 00:08:26,371 He could be anywhere-- 117 00:08:26,447 --> 00:08:30,542 Chicago, California even. 118 00:08:30,618 --> 00:08:32,310 Could be dead. 119 00:08:32,387 --> 00:08:33,711 JEB BASINGER (VOICEOVER): What made me say that? 120 00:08:33,788 --> 00:08:34,879 He didn't need to hear that. 121 00:08:34,956 --> 00:08:37,006 What the hell's the matter with me? 122 00:08:37,083 --> 00:08:39,976 Oh, hey, uh, I'm, uh, I'm sorry. 123 00:08:44,507 --> 00:08:45,390 No, you're right. 124 00:08:45,466 --> 00:08:46,666 No, I'm not. 125 00:08:46,743 --> 00:08:47,400 I'm not right, I'm not right. 126 00:08:49,929 --> 00:08:51,195 Hey, look. 127 00:08:51,273 --> 00:08:52,730 Hey, I'm, uh, I just, I had a bad day. 128 00:08:52,741 --> 00:08:53,690 I'm sorry. 129 00:08:53,766 --> 00:08:54,824 Yeah. 130 00:09:06,404 --> 00:09:07,903 Here we go, $8.30. 131 00:09:07,981 --> 00:09:09,122 JEB BASINGER (VOICEOVER): I stuck my hand 132 00:09:09,198 --> 00:09:10,415 in my wallet, grabbed a bill. 133 00:09:10,491 --> 00:09:11,733 It was a $20. 134 00:09:11,810 --> 00:09:13,001 I shoved it in his hand, jumped out of the cab, 135 00:09:13,077 --> 00:09:14,135 and started walking. 136 00:09:26,850 --> 00:09:28,182 Hey, Barney! 137 00:09:28,193 --> 00:09:29,109 Barney! 138 00:09:35,183 --> 00:09:36,983 JEB BASINGER (VOICEOVER): Why didn't I tell him I'd put 139 00:09:37,060 --> 00:09:38,443 the boy's name in the column? 140 00:09:38,519 --> 00:09:39,711 I could have-- 141 00:09:39,787 --> 00:09:41,613 I could have put a picture of the kid in. 142 00:09:41,689 --> 00:09:42,581 Instead of me. 143 00:09:49,906 --> 00:09:51,623 ED: Hey, how are you Mr. Basinger? 144 00:09:51,699 --> 00:09:52,957 Hey, Ed. 145 00:09:53,034 --> 00:09:54,667 Listen, thanks for that mention in the column. 146 00:09:54,744 --> 00:09:55,668 You're welcome. 147 00:09:55,745 --> 00:09:56,628 What will it be? 148 00:09:56,638 --> 00:09:58,046 What's good? 149 00:09:58,122 --> 00:09:59,497 I recommend the corned beef. 150 00:09:59,574 --> 00:10:00,932 All right, on rye, and a creme soda. 151 00:10:03,836 --> 00:10:04,894 No, make it a beer. 152 00:10:07,256 --> 00:10:10,642 No, make it a cream soda, and a pickle. 153 00:10:10,718 --> 00:10:11,776 Let's go to hell with ourselves. 154 00:10:11,653 --> 00:10:14,812 I hope you don't mean that. 155 00:10:14,823 --> 00:10:16,648 Hey. 156 00:10:16,724 --> 00:10:20,193 Small world, huh? 157 00:10:20,269 --> 00:10:20,943 Uh-huh. 158 00:10:21,020 --> 00:10:22,737 What'd do you, fly? 159 00:10:22,814 --> 00:10:24,338 Don't answer that. 160 00:10:24,415 --> 00:10:26,824 ED: You sitting there Mr. Basinger? 161 00:10:26,835 --> 00:10:30,078 Oh, yeah, yeah sure. 162 00:10:30,154 --> 00:10:34,549 Well, how'd you know I'd come here? 163 00:10:34,626 --> 00:10:39,003 There are only about 50,000 places I could have gone. 164 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:41,297 He is an angel, Mr. Basinger. 165 00:10:41,374 --> 00:10:44,467 [laughs] Oh, of course he is. 166 00:10:44,544 --> 00:10:45,843 Here's your soda, Mr. Basinger. 167 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:46,803 Thanks. 168 00:10:46,879 --> 00:10:49,514 Hey, see this guy here? 169 00:10:49,590 --> 00:10:52,100 He's an angel. 170 00:10:52,176 --> 00:10:54,018 Like I said, Mr. Basinger, any friend of yours 171 00:10:54,095 --> 00:10:56,020 is a friend of mine. 172 00:10:56,097 --> 00:10:57,480 What will you have, fellas? 173 00:10:57,557 --> 00:10:58,656 Tell you what. 174 00:10:58,733 --> 00:11:00,942 Why don't you bring some sandwiches 175 00:11:01,018 --> 00:11:03,194 and coffee to the guys outside? 176 00:11:03,271 --> 00:11:04,621 Tell them it was your idea. 177 00:11:04,698 --> 00:11:08,667 Hey, if it was my idea I don't need your money. 178 00:11:15,825 --> 00:11:18,292 An act of charity. 179 00:11:18,369 --> 00:11:22,505 But then, you are an angel. 180 00:11:22,582 --> 00:11:24,173 Why, it's not possible? 181 00:11:24,250 --> 00:11:26,050 Let's say it's not probable. 182 00:11:26,127 --> 00:11:29,011 Miracles are never probable. 183 00:11:29,088 --> 00:11:30,847 Miracles, guys, please. 184 00:11:30,923 --> 00:11:32,223 I'm not buying it. 185 00:11:32,300 --> 00:11:33,624 Mr. Basinger, that's why we're. 186 00:11:33,402 --> 00:11:35,402 Here I mean, that's why he's here. 187 00:11:38,181 --> 00:11:41,607 Because I don't believe in miracles? 188 00:11:41,684 --> 00:11:42,942 No, no. 189 00:11:43,019 --> 00:11:45,778 No, it's because you lost hope, Jeb. 190 00:11:45,855 --> 00:11:47,822 Have I? 191 00:11:47,899 --> 00:11:49,907 Haven't you? 192 00:11:49,984 --> 00:11:51,075 What's your Christmas column going 193 00:11:51,152 --> 00:11:54,036 to be about this year, Jeb? 194 00:11:54,113 --> 00:11:58,583 I'm just telling it the way it is. 195 00:11:58,659 --> 00:12:01,919 Jeb Basinger is telling them what it's like in New 196 00:12:01,996 --> 00:12:03,087 York on Christmas Eve. 197 00:12:03,164 --> 00:12:04,764 Yeah, something like that. 198 00:12:07,376 --> 00:12:10,595 Oh, what is it like in New York this Christmas, Jeb? 199 00:12:10,671 --> 00:12:13,973 Christmas in New York is great if you've got the money. 200 00:12:14,050 --> 00:12:15,108 Otherwise-- 201 00:12:17,470 --> 00:12:20,354 Well, what about kindness? 202 00:12:20,431 --> 00:12:21,497 Kindness? 203 00:12:21,574 --> 00:12:24,609 Hey guys, give me a break. 204 00:12:24,685 --> 00:12:29,197 Don't you think there are any kind people out there, Jeb? 205 00:12:29,273 --> 00:12:31,908 There are bums lying in the street out there. 206 00:12:31,984 --> 00:12:33,701 In New York, people step over them. 207 00:12:33,712 --> 00:12:35,787 They don't even stop. 208 00:12:35,863 --> 00:12:38,372 You mean, no one stops? 209 00:12:38,449 --> 00:12:39,114 Yeah. 210 00:12:39,192 --> 00:12:39,999 You-- you do it once. 211 00:12:40,076 --> 00:12:41,125 You try to help once. 212 00:12:40,969 --> 00:12:42,168 You know what happens? 213 00:12:42,245 --> 00:12:43,669 The bum's belligerent. 214 00:12:43,746 --> 00:12:44,846 He's freezing to death. 215 00:12:44,923 --> 00:12:46,431 He opens his eyes, and he's abusive. 216 00:12:46,508 --> 00:12:47,131 Grateful? 217 00:12:47,208 --> 00:12:48,850 Forget about it. 218 00:12:48,927 --> 00:12:49,967 They expect handouts. 219 00:12:50,044 --> 00:12:51,660 They think it's their due. 220 00:12:51,738 --> 00:12:53,354 That's what everybody in New York is at arm's length. 221 00:12:57,009 --> 00:12:58,851 Thanks, Ed. 222 00:12:58,928 --> 00:13:00,728 Oh, what a Christmas. 223 00:13:00,805 --> 00:13:01,938 Merry Christmas. 224 00:13:02,014 --> 00:13:03,856 Merry Christmas. 225 00:13:03,933 --> 00:13:05,316 Merry Christmas. 226 00:13:05,393 --> 00:13:06,743 Merry Christmas to you, Bert. 227 00:13:10,064 --> 00:13:12,457 And God bless you, my friend. 228 00:13:17,005 --> 00:13:18,171 God bless you. 229 00:13:25,088 --> 00:13:27,839 All right, all right, all right. 230 00:13:27,915 --> 00:13:29,632 Let me show you New York. 231 00:13:29,709 --> 00:13:30,700 You're an angel, right? 232 00:13:30,777 --> 00:13:32,009 Fine, I'll put you in the column. 233 00:13:32,086 --> 00:13:35,555 I'll call it, "The Education of an Angel." 234 00:13:35,631 --> 00:13:37,932 Kindness, huh? 235 00:13:38,009 --> 00:13:42,019 Goodwill towards men, mm-hmm. 236 00:13:42,096 --> 00:13:44,656 [christmas music] 237 00:14:50,164 --> 00:14:51,839 JEB BASINGER (VOICEOVER): A man in a Salvation Army 238 00:14:51,916 --> 00:14:55,176 uniform pierced the icy cold with the purity of his playing, 239 00:14:55,186 --> 00:14:56,877 and his intent. 240 00:14:56,521 --> 00:14:58,454 His cheeks were beet red, and the wind 241 00:14:58,531 --> 00:15:01,223 must have been going right through the thin fabric of 242 00:15:01,234 --> 00:15:03,976 his jacket, freezing his ribs. 243 00:15:04,053 --> 00:15:05,686 But, he never shivered. 244 00:15:05,763 --> 00:15:07,405 You couldn't help but be touched. 245 00:15:15,398 --> 00:15:16,864 Getting colder. 246 00:15:16,941 --> 00:15:17,916 We'll never get a cab. 247 00:15:20,903 --> 00:15:23,338 [horn honking] 248 00:15:28,035 --> 00:15:30,544 Hey, how are you doing, Max? 249 00:15:30,555 --> 00:15:32,129 Do we know each other? 250 00:15:32,206 --> 00:15:33,097 Ah, we've met. 251 00:15:33,174 --> 00:15:34,382 How are Joan and the kids? 252 00:15:34,458 --> 00:15:35,591 Hey, they're swell. Thanks. 253 00:15:35,668 --> 00:15:36,801 Oh good, glad to hear it. 254 00:15:36,878 --> 00:15:38,344 Hey, they're what counts. 255 00:15:38,421 --> 00:15:40,680 They sure are. 256 00:15:40,756 --> 00:15:43,891 I'll tell you, it's a tough night to get a cab. 257 00:15:43,968 --> 00:15:45,184 You need a cab? 258 00:15:45,261 --> 00:15:46,694 No problem. 259 00:15:46,771 --> 00:15:47,628 Thank you, Max. 260 00:15:47,705 --> 00:15:49,280 And Merry Christmas to you. 261 00:15:49,357 --> 00:15:52,400 And to you. 262 00:15:52,476 --> 00:15:54,953 [whistle blowing] 263 00:15:58,274 --> 00:15:59,115 Hey, you two! 264 00:15:59,191 --> 00:16:00,833 Come on, let's go! 265 00:16:07,658 --> 00:16:09,000 JEB BASINGER (VOICEOVER): A cop in New 266 00:16:09,076 --> 00:16:11,669 York getting a civilian a cab? 267 00:16:11,746 --> 00:16:13,513 When was the last time you saw that? 268 00:16:33,476 --> 00:16:35,067 The shelter of St. Marks in the Bowery. 269 00:16:35,144 --> 00:16:35,994 You got it. 270 00:16:38,773 --> 00:16:40,948 Barney? 271 00:16:41,025 --> 00:16:42,408 Mr. Basinger. 272 00:16:42,485 --> 00:16:44,017 Small world. 273 00:16:44,095 --> 00:16:45,870 Hey, Barney I, uh, I tried to stop you before. 274 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:47,696 I wanted to get your kid's name, you 275 00:16:47,774 --> 00:16:50,624 know, and put it in my column just in case he might see it. 276 00:16:50,635 --> 00:16:51,584 You know what I mean? 277 00:16:51,660 --> 00:16:54,128 Yeah, that'd be great. 278 00:16:54,205 --> 00:16:55,421 Thanks. 279 00:16:55,498 --> 00:16:57,465 Yeah, it's all right. 280 00:16:57,541 --> 00:17:02,386 Barney's boy has been missing seven months now. 281 00:17:02,463 --> 00:17:07,016 Barney, this man here is an angel. 282 00:17:07,093 --> 00:17:08,476 Yeah? 283 00:17:08,552 --> 00:17:11,979 I've never had an angel in my cab before. 284 00:17:12,056 --> 00:17:13,113 Don't be so sure. 285 00:17:15,443 --> 00:17:17,318 Tell me about your boy, Barney. 286 00:17:17,394 --> 00:17:19,912 Well, he was always a good boy growing up. 287 00:17:19,989 --> 00:17:23,365 I mean, marks were up, didn't have any trouble 288 00:17:23,376 --> 00:17:24,867 at school or nothing. 289 00:17:24,944 --> 00:17:26,452 JEB BASINGER (VOICEOVER): Well, Barney began 290 00:17:26,529 --> 00:17:28,829 telling Jonathan his woes. 291 00:17:28,906 --> 00:17:32,291 But we weren't the only story taking shape that night. 292 00:17:32,368 --> 00:17:34,460 Not by a long shot. 293 00:17:34,537 --> 00:17:37,630 In a hotel room on Park Avenue, Senator Morton Bourne 294 00:17:37,706 --> 00:17:40,466 and his wife Clary were getting ready to go out 295 00:17:40,543 --> 00:17:44,103 to eat a Christmas dinner courtesy of our mayor. 296 00:17:47,633 --> 00:17:48,933 How do I look? 297 00:17:49,009 --> 00:17:50,168 Lovely as ever. 298 00:17:50,244 --> 00:17:51,944 Just see that nobody steals your jewels. 299 00:17:52,021 --> 00:17:53,270 This is New York. 300 00:17:53,347 --> 00:17:54,922 You don't have to remind me. 301 00:17:54,999 --> 00:17:55,948 You know how I feel about New York City. 302 00:17:56,025 --> 00:17:58,943 Yes, I know how you feel about New York City. 303 00:17:59,019 --> 00:18:00,486 Just don't let the mayor know how 304 00:18:00,563 --> 00:18:02,071 you feel about New York City. 305 00:18:02,148 --> 00:18:03,639 He could be sensitive. 306 00:18:03,716 --> 00:18:06,158 What's a nice man like him doing in a town like this? 307 00:18:06,235 --> 00:18:07,335 He lives here. 308 00:18:07,411 --> 00:18:08,502 As long as you're going to live here, 309 00:18:08,579 --> 00:18:09,045 you might as well be mayor. 310 00:18:14,535 --> 00:18:17,211 I don't want to go to this party! 311 00:18:17,288 --> 00:18:18,671 It's a little Christmas dinner. 312 00:18:18,747 --> 00:18:21,340 For 500 politically motivated people. 313 00:18:21,351 --> 00:18:23,008 Of which I am one. 314 00:18:23,085 --> 00:18:26,929 I love you, my Darling, but my heart is not in this evening. 315 00:18:27,006 --> 00:18:31,392 You have no heart, my dear, so your remark is redundancy. 316 00:18:31,468 --> 00:18:33,769 My life is a bore. 317 00:18:33,846 --> 00:18:36,739 Christmas is one of my few pleasures. 318 00:18:36,816 --> 00:18:39,733 And Christmas means home, and our children, 319 00:18:39,810 --> 00:18:43,362 and my mother, and midnight mass. 320 00:18:43,439 --> 00:18:45,990 You are a bore. 321 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,367 And this Christmas you will spend it with the mayor 322 00:18:48,444 --> 00:18:49,994 of New York, and your husband. 323 00:18:50,004 --> 00:18:53,414 And you just have to forego mass, 324 00:18:53,490 --> 00:18:55,666 and hope God isn't looking for you. 325 00:18:55,677 --> 00:18:57,960 [laughs] Funny, funny. 326 00:18:58,037 --> 00:19:00,379 I'm a little girl from a little town. 327 00:19:00,456 --> 00:19:02,339 I was brought up on the Christmas story. 328 00:19:02,416 --> 00:19:07,845 I believe in it, and I hate you for making me go to this party. 329 00:19:07,922 --> 00:19:08,804 Noted. 330 00:19:08,881 --> 00:19:10,347 [beeping] 331 00:19:10,424 --> 00:19:12,024 We're late. 332 00:19:12,101 --> 00:19:14,643 How do I look? 333 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:16,070 Handsome as ever. 334 00:19:26,649 --> 00:19:30,284 I just want to tell him that I love him. 335 00:19:30,361 --> 00:19:35,047 You know, if he'd just call. 336 00:19:38,702 --> 00:19:43,422 Trying to put it out of my mind but, as the man says, 337 00:19:43,499 --> 00:19:46,258 maybe he's dead. 338 00:19:46,335 --> 00:19:48,427 He's not. 339 00:19:48,504 --> 00:19:50,638 Then where is he? 340 00:19:50,714 --> 00:19:52,806 I don't know. 341 00:19:52,817 --> 00:19:53,941 But I know he's all right. 342 00:19:57,012 --> 00:19:58,521 I believe you. 343 00:19:58,597 --> 00:20:04,276 I don't know why I believe you, but maybe I want to. 344 00:20:04,353 --> 00:20:05,828 I believe you. 345 00:20:08,983 --> 00:20:12,159 Next block on the right, Barney. 346 00:20:12,236 --> 00:20:13,661 I'll wait for you. 347 00:20:13,737 --> 00:20:16,214 Not the best place to get a cab. 348 00:20:19,535 --> 00:20:22,544 Thank you, Barney. 349 00:20:22,621 --> 00:20:25,139 [music playing] 350 00:20:44,393 --> 00:20:47,069 This is Christmas in New York. 351 00:20:47,146 --> 00:20:51,490 The city's great unwashed, as someone once said. 352 00:20:51,567 --> 00:20:54,994 These people walk the rim of the abyss, a huge black hole 353 00:20:55,070 --> 00:20:56,996 with no bottom where all the unknown, 354 00:20:57,072 --> 00:21:01,000 the unwanted, all the sinking flotsam 355 00:21:01,076 --> 00:21:03,010 and jetsam of our society fall. 356 00:21:18,695 --> 00:21:20,936 Hey, Mr. Newspaper writer. 357 00:21:21,013 --> 00:21:22,505 Hey, how are you, Ollie? 358 00:21:22,581 --> 00:21:25,524 I waited for you at your office and you didn't show. 359 00:21:25,601 --> 00:21:27,860 What, did you get thrown out of your house? 360 00:21:27,936 --> 00:21:30,738 This place is full up. 361 00:21:30,814 --> 00:21:32,072 What are you going to do? 362 00:21:32,149 --> 00:21:33,440 Well, I'm next. 363 00:21:33,517 --> 00:21:34,749 When you're next in line for something, 364 00:21:34,827 --> 00:21:36,827 you never can tell what's going to happen. 365 00:21:36,904 --> 00:21:38,078 Uh, well, a guy could-- 366 00:21:38,155 --> 00:21:39,830 could die here in the middle of night, 367 00:21:39,907 --> 00:21:42,583 you know, or maybe, I get the DTs, maybe. 368 00:21:42,659 --> 00:21:45,127 And then they take them to the hospital, and I get his bed. 369 00:21:45,204 --> 00:21:49,673 [laughs] Hey, Mr. Newspaper man, you need a bed? 370 00:21:49,750 --> 00:21:51,383 You could take my spot. 371 00:21:51,394 --> 00:21:54,345 No, kiddo, I got a spot. 372 00:21:54,421 --> 00:21:55,512 Don't lose yours. 373 00:21:55,589 --> 00:21:56,647 You're next. 374 00:22:02,563 --> 00:22:04,688 Hey, you want me to play you a tune? 375 00:22:04,765 --> 00:22:06,648 Hey, this wall's got a great, great sound. 376 00:22:06,725 --> 00:22:07,766 Great tone. 377 00:22:07,843 --> 00:22:09,401 That's tone, you know? 378 00:22:09,478 --> 00:22:12,529 And that tone. 379 00:22:12,606 --> 00:22:15,124 [fancy music] 380 00:22:41,135 --> 00:22:43,811 Does my smile look real? 381 00:22:43,821 --> 00:22:45,771 Phony as a $3 bill. 382 00:22:45,848 --> 00:22:48,190 Good, I'll blend right in. 383 00:22:48,267 --> 00:22:49,591 You're gorgeous. 384 00:22:49,669 --> 00:22:51,068 Mm-hmm, if your taste runs to elephants. 385 00:22:51,145 --> 00:22:52,444 Let's eat. 386 00:22:52,521 --> 00:22:54,446 Let's go easy, will you? 387 00:22:54,523 --> 00:22:57,199 You'll outweigh Brazil. 388 00:22:57,276 --> 00:22:58,492 Senator. 389 00:22:58,569 --> 00:22:59,377 Hello, mayor. 390 00:22:59,453 --> 00:23:01,495 Good to see you. 391 00:23:01,572 --> 00:23:06,125 And Mrs. Bourne, you look lovely this evening. 392 00:23:06,201 --> 00:23:07,468 Yes, don't I? 393 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:14,550 You've got about 80 people out there on the street. 394 00:23:14,626 --> 00:23:15,717 Tell me about it. 395 00:23:15,794 --> 00:23:18,270 We had to turn away about 500. 396 00:23:18,347 --> 00:23:19,721 How many beds you have? 397 00:23:19,798 --> 00:23:21,732 About 110. 398 00:23:21,809 --> 00:23:24,476 Look, I'll do my best to feed them. 399 00:23:24,553 --> 00:23:26,128 But I got no place for them. 400 00:23:26,205 --> 00:23:28,689 Mr. Basinger, you can't give us a rap on this one. 401 00:23:28,765 --> 00:23:30,566 We're trying, the city is trying. 402 00:23:30,642 --> 00:23:32,651 We just can't keep up. 403 00:23:32,728 --> 00:23:36,572 I got a guy sleeping on my cot back there. 404 00:23:36,648 --> 00:23:39,533 I had to turn away a guy and his wife tonight, she's pregnant. 405 00:23:39,610 --> 00:23:41,326 I mean, she's due. 406 00:23:41,403 --> 00:23:44,872 No bums mind you, he's a carpenter, can't get a job. 407 00:23:44,948 --> 00:23:47,458 Joseph somebody or other and-- 408 00:23:47,534 --> 00:23:49,209 are you ready for this-- 409 00:23:49,286 --> 00:23:51,503 Mary. 410 00:23:51,580 --> 00:23:53,964 You turned away Joseph and Mary? 411 00:23:54,041 --> 00:23:56,133 I hope they left their donkey outside when they came in. 412 00:23:56,210 --> 00:23:59,970 [laughs] This is a story, gentlemen. 413 00:24:00,047 --> 00:24:02,014 This-- this you write about-- 414 00:24:02,090 --> 00:24:04,683 Joseph and Mary abroad on Christmas Eve. 415 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:06,060 Hey, hey! 416 00:24:06,136 --> 00:24:07,862 Come on, we got to go find them. 417 00:24:15,621 --> 00:24:16,737 Where to now? 418 00:24:16,813 --> 00:24:18,104 Not sure, Barney. 419 00:24:18,182 --> 00:24:21,408 We're looking for Joseph and Mary, with child. 420 00:24:21,485 --> 00:24:22,409 Yeah. 421 00:24:22,486 --> 00:24:24,144 Joseph and Mary? 422 00:24:24,221 --> 00:24:25,954 That's right, and we're the three wise men. 423 00:24:26,031 --> 00:24:27,706 Three wise men, and an angel. 424 00:24:27,783 --> 00:24:30,334 He's not an angel, Barney. 425 00:24:30,344 --> 00:24:32,878 Are you really sure? 426 00:24:32,955 --> 00:24:34,346 Are you an angel, Jonathan? 427 00:24:34,423 --> 00:24:36,256 Tell me the truth. 428 00:24:36,333 --> 00:24:38,142 Yes, I'm really an angel, Barney. 429 00:24:40,796 --> 00:24:42,087 I believe him. 430 00:24:42,164 --> 00:24:44,723 Christmas Eve, night of miracles-- 431 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:46,608 I believe him. 432 00:24:46,686 --> 00:24:50,771 So we got an angel, and we're looking for Joseph and Mary. 433 00:24:50,847 --> 00:24:54,191 Where do you think they'd go? 434 00:24:54,268 --> 00:24:56,068 Where would you look, Barney? 435 00:24:56,144 --> 00:24:57,736 Me? 436 00:24:57,813 --> 00:24:59,363 I'd look up. 437 00:24:59,439 --> 00:25:03,075 Yeah, see, there it is. 438 00:25:03,151 --> 00:25:06,245 See that star, that bright one. 439 00:25:06,321 --> 00:25:08,497 Barney, this is ridiculous. 440 00:25:08,574 --> 00:25:11,250 You got a better idea? 441 00:25:11,326 --> 00:25:12,626 That's uptown. 442 00:25:12,703 --> 00:25:14,670 I'd look uptown. 443 00:25:14,746 --> 00:25:16,163 That's North. 444 00:25:16,239 --> 00:25:17,923 The Christmas star is in the East. 445 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:19,424 That was then. 446 00:25:19,501 --> 00:25:20,968 Come on, hop in the cab. 447 00:25:21,044 --> 00:25:22,186 What have we got to lose? 448 00:25:44,693 --> 00:25:48,662 JEB BASINGER (VOICEOVER): So we headed uptown following a star. 449 00:25:48,739 --> 00:25:50,872 If you can believe that. 450 00:25:50,949 --> 00:25:52,341 While somewhere in the city, a guy 451 00:25:52,418 --> 00:25:54,418 named Joseph and his pregnant wife 452 00:25:54,494 --> 00:25:58,138 Mary were trying to get in out of the cold. 453 00:26:04,897 --> 00:26:07,481 [horn honking] 454 00:26:18,226 --> 00:26:21,612 We only have $3 left, Now, I want you to go inside Mary. 455 00:26:21,688 --> 00:26:23,530 Not without you. 456 00:26:23,607 --> 00:26:24,840 I'll be all right. 457 00:26:24,916 --> 00:26:25,866 You got to get in out of this cold. 458 00:26:25,942 --> 00:26:28,660 I don't want to be without you. 459 00:26:28,737 --> 00:26:30,336 All right. 460 00:26:30,414 --> 00:26:33,999 Look, I'll, I'll beg some money and I'll meet you inside. 461 00:26:34,076 --> 00:26:35,751 No, Joseph. 462 00:26:35,827 --> 00:26:37,669 I want to be with you. 463 00:26:37,746 --> 00:26:39,296 I'm afraid. 464 00:26:39,373 --> 00:26:40,714 All right. 465 00:26:40,791 --> 00:26:41,682 All right, come on. 466 00:26:50,759 --> 00:26:52,267 Tickets, please. 467 00:26:52,278 --> 00:26:54,186 We only have enough for one ticket. 468 00:26:54,262 --> 00:26:56,488 My-- my wife is pregnant. 469 00:26:56,565 --> 00:26:57,856 There a problem? 470 00:26:57,867 --> 00:26:59,650 Yes, are you the manager? 471 00:26:59,726 --> 00:27:01,193 Yes, I'm the manager. 472 00:27:01,269 --> 00:27:03,862 Well sir, my wife here is pregnant, 473 00:27:03,939 --> 00:27:05,247 and she needs to sit down for a while. 474 00:27:05,324 --> 00:27:07,324 And we don't have enough for two tickets. 475 00:27:07,401 --> 00:27:09,409 We can only buy one, but we won't go inside. 476 00:27:09,486 --> 00:27:11,370 We just want to sit in the lobby. 477 00:27:11,446 --> 00:27:13,163 You need a place, go to a mission. 478 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:16,625 Well, we tried that but they're all full. 479 00:27:16,702 --> 00:27:18,310 That's not my problem. 480 00:27:18,387 --> 00:27:20,879 Couldn't we stay just for a little while, please? 481 00:27:20,956 --> 00:27:22,297 No way. 482 00:27:22,374 --> 00:27:24,800 Word gets around, this lobby will be full of bums. 483 00:27:24,876 --> 00:27:25,717 I am not a bum! 484 00:27:25,794 --> 00:27:27,052 - Joseph. - I have-- 485 00:27:27,063 --> 00:27:28,312 Let's just go, please. 486 00:27:35,721 --> 00:27:37,237 This world is full of weirdos. 487 00:27:45,647 --> 00:27:48,865 Listen, you give me two cups of coffee 488 00:27:48,942 --> 00:27:51,410 and a couple candy bars. 489 00:27:51,486 --> 00:27:52,193 For those two? 490 00:27:52,271 --> 00:27:54,012 Yeah, they look hungry. 491 00:27:54,089 --> 00:27:56,623 What harm would it have done letting them sit for a while? 492 00:27:56,700 --> 00:27:59,918 You don't know how lucky you are sometimes. 493 00:27:59,995 --> 00:28:03,004 You're telling me. 494 00:28:03,081 --> 00:28:04,923 I've been crying the blues because my stereo 495 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:06,100 got ripped off. 496 00:28:15,844 --> 00:28:16,727 You two, here. 497 00:28:16,803 --> 00:28:19,980 It's not much, but here. 498 00:28:19,990 --> 00:28:21,106 Thank you. 499 00:28:21,183 --> 00:28:22,983 Don't thank me. 500 00:28:23,059 --> 00:28:26,486 If I managed this place you'd be inside now. 501 00:28:26,563 --> 00:28:27,454 Good luck. 502 00:28:31,902 --> 00:28:32,743 Here. 503 00:28:32,819 --> 00:28:34,336 Here, it's hot. 504 00:28:41,536 --> 00:28:44,671 Joseph, we have to find a place. 505 00:28:44,748 --> 00:28:46,515 I have to sit down. 506 00:28:46,592 --> 00:28:47,883 We will. 507 00:28:47,959 --> 00:28:48,809 We will. 508 00:29:01,807 --> 00:29:03,732 JEB BASINGER (VOICEOVER): And while Mary and Joseph searched 509 00:29:03,809 --> 00:29:07,152 the streets for a room at the inn, the three wise men, 510 00:29:07,229 --> 00:29:10,155 and the so-called angel continue their search 511 00:29:10,166 --> 00:29:11,331 for Mary and Joseph. 512 00:29:28,659 --> 00:29:30,684 [fancy music] 513 00:29:38,510 --> 00:29:40,644 Nobody has to starve in the city. 514 00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:43,197 They're not doing it out of choice. 515 00:29:43,273 --> 00:29:45,398 It's a matter of education. 516 00:29:45,475 --> 00:29:47,818 People don't starve for lack of education, 517 00:29:47,828 --> 00:29:50,237 they starve for lack of food. 518 00:29:50,313 --> 00:29:51,696 Clary, there's plenty of food. 519 00:29:51,773 --> 00:29:54,282 Yes, and there's plenty of housing. 520 00:29:54,359 --> 00:29:56,368 But you have to have money to get into any of it. 521 00:29:56,444 --> 00:29:58,912 There are shelters all over this city. 522 00:29:58,989 --> 00:29:59,871 Ah. 523 00:29:59,948 --> 00:30:02,332 And hospitals. 524 00:30:02,409 --> 00:30:05,126 You live in another world, Mort, my friend. 525 00:30:05,203 --> 00:30:06,920 There are desperately ill people out there 526 00:30:06,997 --> 00:30:10,549 who are barred from them, who die on their doorsteps. 527 00:30:10,559 --> 00:30:12,425 Do you know how many people will not 528 00:30:12,502 --> 00:30:14,302 see the sun tomorrow morning, who might 529 00:30:14,379 --> 00:30:16,137 have with federal funding? 530 00:30:16,214 --> 00:30:18,682 No, do you? 531 00:30:18,758 --> 00:30:21,643 No, because there are no figures. 532 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:24,104 How do you collect figures on people who live in doorways, 533 00:30:24,180 --> 00:30:27,858 on subways, who-- who wait at the back door of restaurants 534 00:30:27,934 --> 00:30:29,909 for their garbage like flies. 535 00:30:29,986 --> 00:30:33,238 Gentlemen, mayor, would you mind going to a neutral corner? 536 00:30:33,315 --> 00:30:34,990 We'd love to continue this conversation, 537 00:30:35,066 --> 00:30:36,449 but my water broke. 538 00:30:36,526 --> 00:30:39,786 Oh, do you need a napkin? 539 00:30:39,863 --> 00:30:41,204 Hardly. 540 00:30:41,281 --> 00:30:42,747 I need a doctor. 541 00:30:42,758 --> 00:30:45,625 Shall we go, darling? 542 00:30:45,702 --> 00:30:47,427 JEB BASINGER (VOICEOVER): Meanwhile, the star 543 00:30:47,504 --> 00:30:49,796 following contingent had been crisscrossing this city 544 00:30:49,873 --> 00:30:52,382 working its way northward, letting the cabby call 545 00:30:52,459 --> 00:30:56,636 the shots in the dark and getting nowhere, which is, 546 00:30:56,713 --> 00:30:58,647 naturally, what I had expected. 547 00:31:04,387 --> 00:31:05,279 I haven't seen them. 548 00:31:05,355 --> 00:31:06,187 I must be crazy. 549 00:31:06,264 --> 00:31:07,388 I got a column to write. 550 00:31:07,465 --> 00:31:09,867 Where is the celestial one? 551 00:31:09,943 --> 00:31:13,069 He's in there, in the church. 552 00:31:13,146 --> 00:31:14,988 Talking to his boss, no doubt. 553 00:31:15,065 --> 00:31:15,914 Here he comes. 554 00:31:21,488 --> 00:31:23,622 Well, what's the word from on high? 555 00:31:23,698 --> 00:31:25,498 Baby hasn't been born yet. 556 00:31:25,575 --> 00:31:27,667 Ah, he told you that, huh? 557 00:31:27,744 --> 00:31:28,418 Yes he did. 558 00:31:28,495 --> 00:31:30,503 He's an angel. 559 00:31:30,580 --> 00:31:32,130 And mom and dad-- 560 00:31:32,207 --> 00:31:34,382 where are they? 561 00:31:34,459 --> 00:31:35,967 We'll find them. 562 00:31:36,044 --> 00:31:38,303 We will. 563 00:31:38,380 --> 00:31:40,113 Well we have Joseph and Mary, three 564 00:31:40,190 --> 00:31:44,059 men following a star, an Angel, and now the Lord himself. 565 00:31:44,135 --> 00:31:45,602 We have all the characters. 566 00:31:45,679 --> 00:31:48,655 All we need now is a bed of straw surrounded by animals. 567 00:31:51,935 --> 00:31:53,327 You're right. 568 00:31:53,403 --> 00:31:54,694 Come on, let's go. - Where? 569 00:31:54,771 --> 00:31:55,470 Go where? 570 00:31:55,547 --> 00:31:58,531 Just get in the cab. 571 00:31:58,608 --> 00:32:02,494 JEB BASINGER (VOICEOVER): Basinger, you can't write this. 572 00:32:02,570 --> 00:32:07,123 CAROLERS: (SINGING) The first noel, the angel 573 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:17,217 did say was to certain poor shepherds in fields as the lay. 574 00:32:17,293 --> 00:32:24,933 In fields as they lay, keeping their sheep, 575 00:32:25,010 --> 00:32:33,066 on a cold winter's night that was so deep. 576 00:32:33,143 --> 00:32:37,621 Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel. 577 00:32:40,483 --> 00:32:45,545 Born is the King of Israel. 578 00:32:50,335 --> 00:32:54,004 Well, Barney where are they? 579 00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:55,255 I was hoping. 580 00:32:55,331 --> 00:32:57,340 Ah, yes. 581 00:32:57,417 --> 00:32:58,591 Faith, hope, and charity-- 582 00:32:58,668 --> 00:33:02,637 three words bordering on extinction. 583 00:33:02,714 --> 00:33:06,266 Have you come in search of Mary and Joseph? 584 00:33:06,342 --> 00:33:08,101 Yeah. 585 00:33:08,178 --> 00:33:10,270 Praise the Lord. 586 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:11,446 They are there. 587 00:33:14,726 --> 00:33:17,610 He's pointing at statues. 588 00:33:17,687 --> 00:33:21,406 Are you guys crazy, too? 589 00:33:21,483 --> 00:33:23,450 Mr. Basinger, they're here! 590 00:33:23,526 --> 00:33:26,086 [christmas music] 591 00:34:05,276 --> 00:34:06,785 JEB BASINGER (VOICEOVER): The minute 592 00:34:06,861 --> 00:34:09,704 we left the park the traffic closed in on us, like it always 593 00:34:09,781 --> 00:34:12,457 does when you're in a hurry. 594 00:34:12,468 --> 00:34:14,250 [groaning] 595 00:34:14,327 --> 00:34:15,210 Come on, come on. 596 00:34:15,286 --> 00:34:17,587 Drive, will you? 597 00:34:17,664 --> 00:34:20,340 I'm doing my best. 598 00:34:20,350 --> 00:34:22,550 Thank you all so much. 599 00:34:22,627 --> 00:34:24,552 She looks pale. 600 00:34:24,629 --> 00:34:26,438 I'm all right. 601 00:34:26,515 --> 00:34:27,689 Sure you are. 602 00:34:34,097 --> 00:34:36,531 [horns honking] 603 00:34:44,649 --> 00:34:46,199 Great, just great! 604 00:34:46,276 --> 00:34:48,368 [horns honking] 605 00:34:48,444 --> 00:34:50,036 Would you look at that? 606 00:34:50,113 --> 00:34:51,254 Just what we needed. 607 00:34:51,331 --> 00:34:54,800 [horns honking] 608 00:34:57,620 --> 00:34:59,012 Well, Mr. Angel, if you happen to have 609 00:34:59,089 --> 00:35:01,807 a spare miracle right about now the lady could use it. 610 00:35:07,213 --> 00:35:10,390 Hey, where are you going? 611 00:35:10,466 --> 00:35:11,891 Hey, Bart, you remember me? 612 00:35:11,902 --> 00:35:12,842 Oh, you bet. 613 00:35:12,919 --> 00:35:14,552 Glad to see you again. 614 00:35:14,196 --> 00:35:15,895 Listen, I got a woman in that cab who's having a baby. 615 00:35:15,972 --> 00:35:17,531 Do you think you can get that bus out of the way? 616 00:35:17,607 --> 00:35:18,565 You bet. 617 00:35:18,641 --> 00:35:20,984 Come on guys. 618 00:35:21,060 --> 00:35:22,285 Come on. 619 00:35:22,362 --> 00:35:23,895 I've got Senator Bourne in the car, 620 00:35:23,971 --> 00:35:25,405 and his wife's about to have a baby. 621 00:35:25,481 --> 00:35:26,698 Hey, you, get in the bus and steer. 622 00:35:26,774 --> 00:35:27,866 What the heck are you doing? 623 00:35:27,942 --> 00:35:28,858 What are you standing there for? 624 00:35:28,836 --> 00:35:32,170 Get in the bus and steer. 625 00:35:32,247 --> 00:35:35,048 Keep pushing. 626 00:35:35,125 --> 00:35:37,592 [interposing voices] 627 00:35:38,995 --> 00:35:40,554 Keep pushing. 628 00:35:43,333 --> 00:35:45,809 [horns honking] 629 00:35:49,639 --> 00:35:50,939 Told you, Barney, he's an angel. 630 00:35:57,972 --> 00:35:59,647 You'll be all right, dear. 631 00:35:59,724 --> 00:36:01,608 That poor mayor. 632 00:36:01,684 --> 00:36:03,401 Do you need a napkin? 633 00:36:03,478 --> 00:36:05,945 [laughter] 634 00:36:06,022 --> 00:36:07,822 [siren blaring] 635 00:36:07,899 --> 00:36:12,118 Look a, a bunch of bums are moving the bus. 636 00:36:12,195 --> 00:36:13,170 Hold on, dear. 637 00:36:16,550 --> 00:36:17,957 How does it look? 638 00:36:18,034 --> 00:36:22,170 The radiator's gone and the wheel's bent. 639 00:36:22,247 --> 00:36:23,096 Officer! 640 00:36:26,042 --> 00:36:27,817 Officer, we need your help. 641 00:36:27,894 --> 00:36:30,511 I'm Senator Bourne, and my car has just been hit by that bus. 642 00:36:30,588 --> 00:36:31,930 My wife is about to give birth, we 643 00:36:32,006 --> 00:36:33,348 need to get to Mercy Hospital. 644 00:36:33,424 --> 00:36:35,391 Hey, it's a small world, Senator. 645 00:36:35,468 --> 00:36:36,476 How you doing, Max? 646 00:36:36,552 --> 00:36:38,519 Hey, what are you doing here? 647 00:36:38,596 --> 00:36:41,114 Same thing as the Senator, trying to get a pregnant woman 648 00:36:41,191 --> 00:36:42,365 to the Hospital. 649 00:36:42,442 --> 00:36:43,666 Senator, why don't you get your wife? 650 00:36:43,743 --> 00:36:45,318 We got a cab right over there. 651 00:36:45,395 --> 00:36:49,164 Thank you, thank you. 652 00:36:49,241 --> 00:36:51,407 I'll lead the way. 653 00:36:51,484 --> 00:36:52,325 Thank you, Max. 654 00:36:52,402 --> 00:36:55,962 Merry Christmas. 655 00:36:56,039 --> 00:36:56,996 Hey, Bart! 656 00:36:57,073 --> 00:36:58,147 Yeah? 657 00:36:58,225 --> 00:36:59,290 Do me a favor, will you? 658 00:36:59,367 --> 00:37:00,692 Can you block traffic for me? 659 00:37:00,769 --> 00:37:02,752 Our pleasure, and Merry Christmas. 660 00:37:02,829 --> 00:37:04,671 Merry Christmas and God bless you, Bart. 661 00:37:04,747 --> 00:37:06,172 OK, come on. 662 00:37:06,249 --> 00:37:08,516 Let's block this traffic. 663 00:37:08,593 --> 00:37:09,550 Get up there! 664 00:37:09,627 --> 00:37:12,136 [christmas music] 665 00:37:12,147 --> 00:37:13,688 That's it. 666 00:37:25,810 --> 00:37:28,486 I don't believe it. 667 00:37:28,563 --> 00:37:29,579 Another pregnant woman. 668 00:37:34,744 --> 00:37:38,538 And a Merry Christmas to you, too. 669 00:37:38,614 --> 00:37:42,133 [christmas music] 670 00:38:10,179 --> 00:38:11,537 JEB BASINGER (VOICEOVER): With my angel's 671 00:38:11,615 --> 00:38:12,780 policemen pal leading the way, the trip to the hospital 672 00:38:12,857 --> 00:38:14,282 was a breeze. 673 00:38:14,126 --> 00:38:17,702 But gaining admittance was another story. 674 00:38:17,713 --> 00:38:19,403 I'm sorry. 675 00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:21,456 If you do not have insurance there is nothing I can do. 676 00:38:21,532 --> 00:38:22,415 What? 677 00:38:22,492 --> 00:38:24,042 This is ridiculous. 678 00:38:24,118 --> 00:38:25,635 Sir, my-- my wife is in labor. 679 00:38:25,712 --> 00:38:27,795 Sir-- sir, if you don't mind, my wife-- 680 00:38:27,872 --> 00:38:29,756 Morton, please. 681 00:38:29,833 --> 00:38:31,132 This woman's contractions are much closer together than mine. 682 00:38:31,209 --> 00:38:33,343 Are you telling us you're not going to admit this woman? 683 00:38:33,353 --> 00:38:34,894 She belongs in County. 684 00:38:34,971 --> 00:38:36,179 I'll-- I'll get work. 685 00:38:36,255 --> 00:38:37,188 I'm a carpenter. 686 00:38:37,265 --> 00:38:38,306 I'll pay you back every dime. 687 00:38:38,383 --> 00:38:39,265 Now, see here. 688 00:38:39,342 --> 00:38:40,508 I demand attention. 689 00:38:40,585 --> 00:38:41,901 This is an emergency! 690 00:38:41,978 --> 00:38:43,436 You are shouting. 691 00:38:43,513 --> 00:38:44,854 This is a hospital. 692 00:38:44,931 --> 00:38:46,606 This is outrageous. 693 00:38:46,682 --> 00:38:48,649 This is Christmas Eve. 694 00:38:48,726 --> 00:38:51,235 This is Joseph and Mary. 695 00:38:51,312 --> 00:38:53,071 I don't care if they're Abbott and Costello. 696 00:38:53,147 --> 00:38:56,282 If they don't have insurance, they do not get in. 697 00:38:56,359 --> 00:38:57,216 Let her in. 698 00:38:57,293 --> 00:38:58,242 I'll pay her hospital bill. 699 00:38:58,319 --> 00:38:59,952 No, you won't. 700 00:39:00,029 --> 00:39:03,956 Young man, I'm the wife of a United States Senator, 701 00:39:04,033 --> 00:39:05,400 and I'm going to have a baby. 702 00:39:05,477 --> 00:39:07,585 I assure you, we'll take care of you. 703 00:39:07,662 --> 00:39:09,545 I assure you, you will not. 704 00:39:09,622 --> 00:39:11,122 If you will not have the humanity 705 00:39:11,199 --> 00:39:14,092 to let this poor woman in your hospital on Christmas Eve, 706 00:39:14,168 --> 00:39:17,011 I will have this baby on this floor right in front of you. 707 00:39:17,088 --> 00:39:21,349 And Mr. Basinger will make sure it's in the morning paper. 708 00:39:21,426 --> 00:39:23,476 Basinger? 709 00:39:23,553 --> 00:39:25,019 The one and only. 710 00:39:25,096 --> 00:39:26,646 I'm a little behind here. 711 00:39:26,722 --> 00:39:28,047 This is Joseph and Mary. 712 00:39:28,124 --> 00:39:30,233 I don't care if they're Abbott and Costello. 713 00:39:30,309 --> 00:39:31,259 That's terrific. 714 00:39:31,336 --> 00:39:33,569 You're really quite a wit, Mr.-- 715 00:39:33,646 --> 00:39:35,279 Pilot. 716 00:39:35,290 --> 00:39:36,422 Pilot. 717 00:39:35,999 --> 00:39:39,867 Oh, this is-- mm. 718 00:39:39,944 --> 00:39:46,007 Um, I'll get you both upstairs in just a minute. 719 00:39:48,828 --> 00:39:51,388 [christmas music] 720 00:39:55,460 --> 00:39:58,353 [babies crying] 721 00:40:18,566 --> 00:40:20,241 JEB BASINGER (VOICEOVER): As befits the situation, 722 00:40:20,318 --> 00:40:24,871 Joseph and Mary had a son, the first to be born in our town 723 00:40:24,947 --> 00:40:26,330 on Christmas morning. 724 00:40:26,407 --> 00:40:30,051 To further commemorate the occasion a man, said 725 00:40:30,128 --> 00:40:32,220 to be an angel, bore witness. 726 00:40:35,875 --> 00:40:39,352 [babies crying] 727 00:40:50,723 --> 00:40:52,482 A shining few hours. 728 00:40:52,558 --> 00:40:54,567 [laughs] 729 00:40:54,644 --> 00:40:56,828 I wish I could have told it. 730 00:40:56,905 --> 00:40:58,696 Well, why can't you? 731 00:40:58,773 --> 00:41:01,532 No, it's long, long after deadline. 732 00:41:01,609 --> 00:41:02,500 Come on, Jed. 733 00:41:02,577 --> 00:41:03,693 This is a night of miracles. 734 00:41:05,988 --> 00:41:07,363 A night of wonder, certainly. 735 00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:09,957 A coincidence straining for duality, absolutely. 736 00:41:10,034 --> 00:41:11,468 But Jonathan, please, miracles? 737 00:41:48,739 --> 00:41:51,257 [music playing] 738 00:41:58,833 --> 00:41:59,891 My god. 739 00:42:02,628 --> 00:42:04,637 My son. 740 00:42:04,714 --> 00:42:05,855 My son. 741 00:42:05,932 --> 00:42:09,442 [music playing] 742 00:42:34,076 --> 00:42:37,295 The world started with a very few. 743 00:42:37,371 --> 00:42:41,841 It still just takes a few to change it. 744 00:42:41,917 --> 00:42:44,885 One voice of hope. 745 00:42:44,962 --> 00:42:47,763 Your voice, Jeb. 746 00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:50,057 Go on, write your story. 747 00:42:50,134 --> 00:42:55,146 Jonathan, I told you it's too late. 748 00:42:55,156 --> 00:42:57,732 It's never too late, Jeb. 749 00:42:57,808 --> 00:42:58,950 Now, go on. 750 00:43:12,031 --> 00:43:13,748 Charlie! 751 00:43:13,824 --> 00:43:15,791 Charlie! 752 00:43:15,868 --> 00:43:17,418 Come on, open up. 753 00:43:17,495 --> 00:43:19,754 Mr. Basinger. 754 00:43:19,830 --> 00:43:21,589 Where have you been? 755 00:43:21,666 --> 00:43:22,882 It's too late, right? 756 00:43:22,958 --> 00:43:24,175 Oh, no. 757 00:43:24,251 --> 00:43:25,493 Haven't you heard? 758 00:43:25,570 --> 00:43:27,687 The presses have been down all evening. 759 00:43:27,764 --> 00:43:29,680 They're going crazy back there. 760 00:43:29,757 --> 00:43:30,982 I bet you got an hour. 761 00:43:35,930 --> 00:43:38,439 What are you waiting for? 762 00:43:38,516 --> 00:43:39,365 Go ahead. 763 00:43:49,193 --> 00:43:51,711 [music playing] 764 00:44:05,543 --> 00:44:10,179 JEB BASINGER (VOICEOVER): 2,000 years ago a child was born. 765 00:44:10,256 --> 00:44:12,223 Another was born tonight. 766 00:44:12,299 --> 00:44:15,777 [christmas music] 767 00:44:25,980 --> 00:44:26,829 Copy. 768 00:44:29,900 --> 00:44:30,708 Copy boy. 769 00:44:40,369 --> 00:44:42,086 Hey there, Mr. Basinger? 770 00:44:42,163 --> 00:44:43,696 You better go out the back way. 771 00:44:43,773 --> 00:44:46,841 There's a nut out front who's surely Santa Claus. 772 00:44:46,917 --> 00:44:49,009 [laughs] 773 00:44:49,086 --> 00:44:50,144 Really? 774 00:44:53,299 --> 00:44:55,066 Don't be too sure he isn't. 775 00:44:59,764 --> 00:45:01,197 Merry Christmas, Charlie. 776 00:45:07,313 --> 00:45:11,073 Merry Christmas to you. 777 00:45:11,150 --> 00:45:13,200 Merry Christmas! 778 00:45:13,211 --> 00:45:15,619 Merry Christmas! 779 00:45:15,696 --> 00:45:17,213 [christmas music] 780 00:46:02,051 --> 00:46:04,844 [music playing]